CMT Blog: Bearfoot

I took a road trip last weekend with a friend of mine who likes bluegrass music. As he was flipping through my CD carrier, I think he was reluctant when I suggested Steve Martin's banjo album, The Crow, but we ended up listening to it a couple of times. It's one of the finest albums I've heard all year, especially when Vince Gill and Dolly Parton sing to each other on "Pretty Flowers," with Earl Scruggs joining Martin on the banjo lines. If that sounds like you're cup of tea, check out a few other indie artists on this summer playlist.

"Clawhammer Medley," Steve Martin
"Two Days of Darkness," the Belleville Outfit
"Cuba Vera Swing," Spring Creek (with Michael Cleveland)
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Four Corners Folk Festival - Aug. 29-31; Pagosa Springs, Colo.
This one gets in my list because I have a soft spot for about 90 percent of the performers there. The lineup includes most of my favorite young acoustic bands like the Infamous Stringdusters, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, the Waifs, Crooked Still, the Wilders, the Greencards, Bearfoot and many, many more. I've never made it to this one, but the more I think about it I might now have plans for Labor Day weekend.

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